Katie

In Festival Boats 2018 on July 27, 2018
The small gaff rigged topsail sloop “Katie” was built to recreate the sailing experience and look of a sailing vessel typically to the turn of the century. From handmade brass
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Bright Star

In Festival Boats 2018 on July 27, 2018
Bright Star is a Tolman Jumbo 24, from a design by Renn Tolman of Homer, Alaska. As are all the Tolman boats, she is a plywood stitch-and-glue wooden boat. The
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Nimbus

In Festival Boats 2018 on July 27, 2018
She has had a topsides rebuild in 2007, a new rig of local sitka in 2015, and I purchased her in 2017. In march of that year I hauled her
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Arroyo

In Festival Boats 2018 on July 27, 2018
Built in 1938 by Blanchard Boat Company in Seattle for Markus Mayer Jr as “We’re Here”. Launched with sistership Tola. Past owners include Dr. Carl Jensen, AC Woodley, David Skinner
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Eager Beaver

In Festival Boats 2018 on July 27, 2018
Simmons Sea Skiff, 22 footer. Powered by 90 hp Suzuki outboard. Built to plans, but, with my tweaking, Eager Beaver is at 23 feet. I included a cuddy cabin with
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Admiral’s Barge

In Festival Boats 2018 on July 27, 2018
This boat has been in the family for decades. She sailed the waters of Lake Washington for decades, later ownership passing on and spending decades in dry storage. In 2014
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Holiday

In Festival Boats 2018 on July 27, 2018
Holiday has been family-owned since launched in July 1946. My Grandfather Rex Bartlett commissioned Ed Monk Sr. to design her and she was built on Seattle’s Lake Union by the
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Daddy’s Third

In Festival Boats 2018 on July 27, 2018
Daddy’s Third is a 26 ft St. Pierre Dory powered by two electric trolling motors. This is the third version of an electric dory I have built since 1996 and
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Raven

In Festival Boats 2018 on July 27, 2018
RAVEN was built by Frank Black, a fish boat builder in Coos Bay, OR, for his own use in 1974. We were attracted to her sturdy design by Kenneth Smith
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Leslie Jean

In Festival Boats 2018 on July 27, 2018
Leslie Jean is a 15′ Whitehall that is a combination of many designs. Mostly the lines were taken from an article in National Fisherman Magazine from 1954 and 1977 written
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